What if I told you a brand new rookie took over the worst performing franchise of an intricate fantasy league in August and was a champion four short months later?
When the Burkhardt Bandits decided to call it quits in FFBMCO, they left behind an abysmal 13-39 4 year record which was easily the worst in the league.
Their high point was a 6-7 “second last in the division” 2014 record. Needless to say, Burkhardt Bandits never came close to sniffing the post-season.
Fast forward to August 2018 where a young go getter named Mike “Little Michael” Lutz decided to join this complicated fantasy league.
He transformed the Burkhardt Bandits into LM’s Gamblers and instantly made his mark by locking his 5 keepers off the inherited roster and flipping one of the two first round picks into his ships’ captain, Philip Rivers.
From there he drafted intelligently and effectively (Alvin Kamara in the 2nd round, well done). He didn’t stop there, he mined the waiver wire all season and was involved in multiple trades.
This led to LM’s Gambler’s earning Comeback of the Year honors, winning The Red Right 88 Division outright and well…culminating in a memorable 7 point Christmas night victory after Monday Night Football ended.
What a terrific and inspiring story for EVERY owner in this league. LM’s Gamblers is the poster child of success. But how Little Michael handled his inherited team demands not just respect across the league but also study. After inheriting literally the worst team in league history before the start of the season he became our 5th champion by the end of it.
This is a real life example showing (proving) that equal parts smart keeper locking/smart drafting/smart waiver wire acquiring and smart trades are needed for FFBMCO success. Even if you feel like you are one of the league doormats, following LM’s Gamblers blueprint will lead you to sunnier days. Note…the patience and forward thinking LM showed is required as that’s the FFBMCO way.
And with that…
FFBMCO headquarters proudly introduces…
YOUR 5TH CHAMPION, AND FIRST FROM THE CLOWNS CONFERENCE, LITTLE MICHAEL’S GAMBLER’S!!!
After going on almost a 4 month bender since he won his title, FFBMCO journos finally caught up with our champion. At first Little Michael was yelling random things like “5! 4! 3! 2! 1! WAKE UP! WAKE UP! GOOD MORNING!”
“NAPPER CRAPPER 9000!!!!!”
“MATT’S A CRACKER! HE’S A BIG GRAHAM CRACKER, HE’S A CRACKER!” and
“DORK City!!! Here we commmeeeee!!!”
Questions were asked but Little Michael brushed those aside and decided to just yell out 10 things at random. They are below:
1. I like sunrise the most because the sun never sets on a badass.
2. The best holiday I ever had was Christmas ‘17 when I went home with big Mattie m and we watched the end of week 16.
3. The best thing anyone has ever said to me was nice coat.
4. My first crush on someone was LeBron James. It happened when I was in the 6th grade because he rocked my world.
5. The greatest lesson I ever learned was don’t win FFBMCO, and I learned it when I found out I had to answer all these questions.
6. In my forties, I hope to win the lotto. Stay true to the LM team name.
7. I feel uncertain of the future, because who really knows.
8. I find fart jokes funny / hilarious. Insert clip of guy farting at live billiards event.
9. I am angry that the Browns beat.
10. I know I can, I know I can, Be what I wanna be, be what I wanna be. If I work hard at it, I’ll be where I wanna be, I’ll be where I wanna be.
A strange hodge podge of comments from our champion. After his media session league officials threw him in a van outside of his penthouse in Columbus and drove him northeast to Rootstown, Oh where the champion coronation ceremony was held. As always, the champion got to choose his feast. The brains of LM’s Gamblers chose a familiar friend of a meal in Gionino’s pepperoni pizza, a box of jojos, a fresh caprese salad and an apple pie pizza to end on.
Why in the hell did it take 3 months to coronate our champion? WELL THE PLOBLEM IS OUR CHAMP LIVES 2 HOURS SOUTH! In addition to that, one commissioner moved homes from county 1 to county 2 really impacting weekend availability. Anyways, our elected 3rd commissioner was not able to attend as he was at the Columbus Bluejackets game throwing hats on the frozen rink. Once again, congratulations LM’s Gamblers. We commend thee.
Speaking of our elected 3rd commissioner, he was voted in for a reason so his campaign points were combed through and we will open two offseason polls to the FFBMCO owners.
1. Should the keeper count remain at 5 or be lowered to 4?
2. Should QB bonus scoring remain the same/be lowered/be eliminated?
These are now up and live on http://ffbmco.com so please cast your vote if you plan on returning for season 6.
He also mentioned that getting together would be neat so CALLING ALL OWNERS! IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN WATCHING THE NFL DRAFT IN AN AKRON PUB THAT SERVES DELICIOUS CHICKEN WINGS AND COLD BEER, COME ON DOWN TO THE BASEMENT!
Address is 255 E Waterloo Rd, Akron, OH 44319 and at least a quarter of the league will be present, so if you want to come on down well…COMEEEE ONNNN DOWWWWWN!Official Facebook invite to come!
You may notice that the Facebook Group and http://ffbmco.com site have been updated with our new champions’ inspiring words.
A quick shout out to the 2nd place finisher 954 Vice City who also went from the bottom of the league to being a contender by strategic trades and moves. The South Florida possee took home $250 for their hard work.
Finally, the 3rd place and $100 winner was everyone’s favorite Conneaut product The Golden Boy Farm.
And with that folks, your friends at FFBMCO Corporate Headquarters wish you a relaxing offseason. You will be engaged a few times between now and the start of the 2018 season but until then, here’s the draft order –
Off the Team, YOU’RE ON THE CLOCK!
BEEYAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
